Much water has been muddied over the World Bank sponsored flood control plan in Dhaka

THE devastating fire which raged through Greece in July ravaging its precious pine and fir forests, might now lead to the flooding of capital Athens. The 3-day fire burnt down forests on 10,000

CHINA has been literally flooded with trouble. Coping with torrential showers reportedly the heaviest in 100 years was bad enough; the bursting of a river dike compounded the problem.

After 50 complacent years, Europe's state of the art dyke system is softened for the kill by raging riverine floods

An international panel of engineers and environmentalists, set up to oversee Bangladesh's Flood Action Plan, has criticised the draft "final report" on the plan. The report says that the total bill

There is growing evidence that deforestation in the hills does not always swell rivers

British scientists are using computer simulations to see how floods can be tackled

TORRENTIAL rains and consequent floods in Sri Lanka have rendered 375,000 people homeless and devastated large tracts of paddy. Among the worst affected areas are the war-torn northern and eastern